Author: MEDEL V. HERNANI

Chess arbiter Alfred Moulic says Davao City has great potential in chess. To his right, is Davao Association of Private Schools and Administrators Inc. President Judith Bacarro, Daprisa Cheer Dance Competition Coordinator Dave Curada, and Oliver Enot of St. Joseph Runners Association.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Winners of the 2015 Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission National Games chess competition at the Deped Teachers Center in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur show their medals during the Davao Sportswriters Association forum on Thursday. (From left) Exiquila Apao, won a gold medal in the Blitz category; ZsuZsa Tabudlong, won three silver and one bronze, and Janes Hitfield Caingles, won silver in the Blitz category.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Oliver Enot of St. Joseph Runners Association in Sta Cruz Davao del Sur announces the 3rd league of the Barkada Run to take place in Sta. Cruz this September 19.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

John Gaisano, chief executive officer (CEO) of JHG Trading Inc. and president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. says the business sector is joining the calls for the immediate resumption of peace negotiation with communist rebels. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Francisco J. Lara Jr., country manager of International Alert, says government should reopen peace talks with communist rebels immediately as insurgency is exacting a higher toll compared to Moro rebellion in Mindanao. Lara cited the case of the evacuees in Surigao del Sur who are affected with the government's counter insurgency operations. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)